In Galatians 6:17, Saint Paul says, "From this time onward let no one trouble me; for, as for me, I bear, branded on my body, the scars of Jesus as my Master."

The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos.~Author Unknown

The tattoo attracts and also repels precisely because it is different.~Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community, 2000

A tattoo is a true poetic creation, and is always more than meets the eye. As a tattoo is grounded on living skin, so its essence emotes a poignancy unique to the mortal human condition.~V. Vale and Andrea Juno, Modern Primitives